Hair curling device



Patented Apr, 22, 1952 HAIR CURLING DEV-ICE William H. H. Davis and Floyd V. Schlcimer, San Francisco, Calif.; said Schleimer assignor to Duart Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a corporation of California Application January 8, 1949, Serial No. 69,932

1 Claim.

. A, o 1 o This invention relates to devices to be used in connectien with the curling of hair and particularlv'to devices on which separate locks of hairmay be'tightly wound in Croquignole fashion and thenljsecured in place for a considerable period o'ftim e in order to permit the hair to take :1 setin-the form of a Croquignolecurl or wave.

to the scalp, will receive a wave.

The other objects, features and advantages of this invention will be described in the following description 'takenin connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 represents a hair curling device upon which hair is to be wound.

Figure '2 represents a device, the device shown in Figure l in which substantially all of the hair has been wound.

Figure 3; shows the device in Figures 1 and 2 in which the entire lock has been wound-thereon and the 'device, has been positioned upon the scalp. M. M, v

Figure} is a plan view, from above, of the device shown in Figure 3.

Figure} is a top view of the device shown in Figure 4, with the hair removed.

' Figure 6 is a side elevational view, partly inf'cross-section taken along the line 6-6 of Figure '5.

Figure '7 is a top view of a modification of the device s hown in Figures 1 to6' inclusive.

Figure 8 is a cross-sectional elevation taken along the line 8-8 of Figure 7.

As shown in the drawings, the device consists generally of a revolving mandrel l and a stationary shuttle The revolving mandrel I0 is provided with a knurled portion |2 which may be grasped by the user or operator and a portion l3 upon which the hair is adapted to be wound. As shown in the drawings the portion I3 is gently tapered. However, as is well known to those skilled in the art of waving hair, the mandrel 3 may be either 7 straight or tapered, in accordance with the types of curl or wave desired;

The stationary shuttle II, as shown in the drawings, forms a base upon which the revolving mandrel In is mounted, and also provides means for gripping the wound hair. As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the shuttle I0 is provided with an opening l6 and a pair of identical slots l1 and i8. In addition, the shuttle H is provided with a flattened side |9, the purpose of which will be more fully hereinafter described.

The mandrel I0 and shuttle may be joined in any suitable manner and we have shown two suitable ways in Figures 6 and 8.

In Figure 6 shuttle is provided with a centrally located orifice adapted to accommodate an enlarged end of the mandrel l0. Mandrel ID, in turn, is providedwith an extension 2| and shuttle .H is cut away slightly to accommodate a washer 22. Between the washer 22 and the shoulder 23 on the mandrel l0, provided by the extended portion 2 we have placed a washer 24 formed of some readily deformable material such as natural or synthetic rubber. The member 2| is then flattened, as is well known to those skilled in the art and in much the same manner as a rivet is spread, over the washer 22 thereby permanently securing themembers ID and II together and slightly deforming the member 24.

By virtue of deforming the member 24, the members In and I, while adapted to be rotatable with respect to each other, are not freely rotatable in the true sense. In other words, when hair has been wound upon the mandrel Ill and the device has been locked to the scalp as shown in Figures 3 and 4, the tension of the hair will not unwind the mandrel III with respect to the shuttle Another means of securing the mandrel Ill to the shuttle II is shown in Figure 8 in which the shuttle is provided witha centrally located cut-away portion 26 which is adapted to accommodate an enlarged annular flange 21 on the mandrel l0. As is shown the mandrel H1 is hollow for some distance throughout its length and is provided with a central orifice 28 which is in register with a corresponding orifice 23 in the shuttle A rivet 3| is adapted to pass through the orifices Hand 28 into the hollow cavity 32 within the mandrel H). A washer of some readily deformable material such as natural or synthetic rubber such as washer 33 is first placed around the rivet 3| after which a metal washer 34 is placed above the member 33 and the rivet 3| is flattened. In this way a free turning of the member In with respect to the member H is prevented in the same manner as heretofore described in connection with the device shown in Figure 6.

Operation of the device may be briefly described as follows. A tress or strand of hair is separated from the remainder of the hair on the head and that end of the tress remote from the scalp is placed in contact with the portion 13 of the mandrel 10. The hair may be caused to adhere to the portion 13 either by the application of an end paper as is conventionally used in the trade or, merely by the tendency of the hair to adhere to the portion l3. It will be borne in mind that during waving operationsthe hair is normally wet or damp whereby its tendency to adhere or cling to the portion [3 is increased.

In order to facilitate the starting of the curl upon the member l3 it will be recalled that we have provided a cut-away portion IS on the shuttle l I. In this manner the thumb or finger of the operator may be brought into position adjacent the mandrel l and portion l3 to enhance the ease with which the tress is wound upon the mandrel It. By continually revolving or rotating the mandrel NJ the hair is Wound from its ends towards its roots upon the same. As the mandrel IE! and the shuttle II are brought close to the scalp the device is tilted as generally shown in Figure 2 in such a manner that the tress which is being wound is 'caused to pass through the opening l6 into one of the slots H or iii. The device then assumes the position as shown in Figure 3 with respect to the scalp. Since the mandrel l0 and the shuttle II are rotatable with respect to each other the mandrel it! may be rotated after the shuttle I! is brought in engagement with the scalp and the tress of hair is firmly held within either the slot H or E8. In this manner the curl upon the mandrel may be tensioned as desired.

When the hair has dried and a curl has been imparted thereto the foregoing operations need not be reversed in entirety. It is suflicient if the mandrel is rotated approximately one revolution in the direction opposite to that in which the hair is wound. In this manner the hair is loosened from the mandrel. The tress may then be removedfrom either the slots H or l8 and the mandrel may be removed from the wound tress simply by passing it downwardly through the tress, or by moving it to the right as viewed in Figure 2.

In the modification shown in Figure 7 I have provided slots Ila and 48:1 which, it will be noted, are of irregular form. It has been found that by virtue of the irregular contour of the slots, they will engage the hair in such a manner that the same isnot readily removable therefrom. This feature of value when the person to whose hair thedevices are applied wishes to have freedom offinovement.

While many devices have been proposed by others inthe past to achieve the results which we achieve, we have found that none of them are satisfactory for various reasons. We have found it desirable to have a device upon which the hair may be tensioned even after the hair has been wound upon the device and the device has been placed in proximity to the scalp. No other device of this character has been made, to our knowledge. The combination of the rotating mandrel and the stationary shuttle make this possible. In the second place we have provided a device which may be secured to the hair without the use of pins, clips, or other devices. However, the slots H or IS which we have provided, in and of themselves, would not achieve the result desired for the reason that if the hair were merely passed into the slot on the shuttle ll without provision for further tightening of the hair or winding of the hair upon the mandrel ID, the device would not be retained upon the scalp.

Therefore it is readily. seen that the combination of the rotating mandrel and the stationary shuttle is of utmost importance. Not only does it make possible further tensioning of the hair after the device has been applied to the hair and scalp but it also renders possible the use of a simple slot or pair of slots in the shuttle to retain the device upon the scalp. This feature eliminates the use of various types of caps, pins, clips, etc. which have been used in the past.

We claim:

In hair curling device. an outwardly tapered mandrel, a relatively. fiat base member disposed at one end of the mandrel at right angles to the axis of the mandrel and extending outwardly from the same for at least twice the diameter of the mandrel, means serving to attachthe base memher to the mandrel for relative rotation between the parts about the axis of the mandrel, an annular ring of resilient material positioned between said base member and said mandrel providing friction means tending to impose a frictional restraint against such relative rotation, and oppositely faced arcuate slots formed adjacent the periphery of said base member to receive a strand of hair near its root end to thereby enable said device to be held firmly adjacent the scalp.

WILLIAM H. H. DAVIS. FLO-YD V. SCHLEIMER,

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS France Mar. 14. 1933 

